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[House  Bill,  IS^.  4.] 

HOUSE,  Oct.  2,  1862.— Referred  to  Committee  of  the  Whole, 
made  special  order  for  Friday  at  12  o'clock,  M.,  and  ordered  to  be 
printed. 

[By  Mr.  Kenner,  from  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means.] 


J^  BILL 

To  be  entitled  An  Act  making  appropriations  for  the  Execii-. 
tive,  Legislative  and  Judicial  expenses  of  the   Govern- 
•     ment  for  the  month  of  December,  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-two. 

1  Section  1.   The  Congress  of  the  Coyifederate  States  of 

2  America  do  enact,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the 

3  same  are  hereby  appropriated^  for  the   objects  hereafter 

4  expressed,  for  the  year  ending  the  thirty-first  of  Decem- 

5  ber.  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

6  Executive. — For  compensation  of  the  President  of  the 

7  Confederate  States,  six  hundred  and  sixty-six  dollars  and 

8  sixty-six  cents,  (6G6  66.) 

0         For  compensation  of  the    Vice-President  of  the  Con- 


10  federate  States,  three  hundred  and   sixteen  doDars  and 

11  sixty-six  cents,  (316  66.) 

12  For  compensation  of  the  Private  Secretary  and  Mes- 

13  senger  of  the  President,  fourteen  dollars  and  seventy-five 

14  cents,  (14  75.) 

15  For  compensation  of  the   Secretary  of  the   Treasury, 

16  Assistant   Secretary,    Comptroller,    Auditors,     Treasurer 

17  and  Register,  and  Clerks  and  Messengers  in  the  Treasury 

18  Department,  fifty- three  thousand  five  hundred  dollars, 

19  (53,500  00.) 

20  For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Trea- 

21  sury  Department,  six  thousand  dollars,  (6,000  00.) 

22  For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  War,    Chief  of 

23  Bureau,  and  Clerks  and  Messengers  in  the  War  Depart- 

24  ment,  thirteen  thousand  dollars,  (13,000  00.) 

25  For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  War  De- 

26  partment,  five  thousand  dollars,  (5,000  00.) 

27  For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  Clerks 

28  and  Messenger,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty- 

29  five  dollars  and  ninety  cents,  (1,825  90.) 

30  For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Navy 

31  Department,  one  thousand  dollars,  (1,000  00.) 


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32  For  compensation  of  the  Postmaster  General,  Chiefs  of 

83  Bureau,  and  Clerics  and  Messengers  in  the  Postoffice  De- 

34  partment,  seven  thousand  four  hundred  and  forty-two 

35  dollars  and  fifty-one  cents,  (7,442  51.) 

36  For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Postoffice 

37  Department,  one  thousand  dollars,  (1,000  00.) 

38  For  compensation  of  the  Attorney -General,   Assistant 

39  Attorney 'General,  and  Clerics  and  Messengers  in  the  De- 

40  partment  of  Justice,  one  thousand  and  two  dollars  and 

41  thirty  cents,  (1,002  30.) 

42  For  salary  of   Superintendent  of  Public  Printiiig,  and 

43  Clerks  and  Messenger  in  his  office,   three  hundred  and 

44  sixty-two  dollars  and  twenty-three  cents,  (362  23.) 

45  For  incidental  and  continge?it  expenses  of  the  Depart- 

46  ment  of  Justice,  five  hundred  dollars,  (500  00.) 

47  For  Priiiting  for  the  several  Executive  Departments, 

48  ten  thousand  four  hundred  and  sixteen  dollars  and  sixty- 

49  six  cents,  (10,416  ^Q.) 

50  Territorial. — For  salaries  of  Governor,  and  Commis- 
si sionerso^  Indian  Affairs,  and  Secretary,  Judges,  Attorney 

52  and   Marshal  of  Arizona  Territory,    eight  hundred  and 

53  eight  dollars  and  seventy-one  cents,  (808  71.*) 


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54  For  contingcni  expenses  of  Ari'Zoua  Territory,  forly- 

55  three  dollars,  (43  00.) 

50  Miscellaneous. — For  iight  and  fuel  for  the   public 

57  buildings,  six  thousand  dollars,  (6,000  00.) 

58  For  engraving  and  priming  Treasury  Xotes,  Bonds  and 

59  Certificates  of  Stock,  and  for  paper  for  the  same,   two 
CO  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,*  (250,000  00.) 

61  To  supply  deficiencies  m  the  revenue  of  the  TostofBcc 

62  Department,  one  hundred  and  thirty  thousand,  six  hun- 

63  dredand  seven  dollars  and  thirtj'-nine  cents,  (130,607  30.) 

64  For  preparation  of  copies  of  the  Journals  of  the  Fro- 

65  visional  Congress,  and  of  the   Convention  that  formed  the 

66  l^ro visional  and  I^ermanent  Constitutions  of  the  Confed- 

67  erate  States,  to  be  disbursed  by  the  President  of  the  Pro- 
38  *  visional  Congress,  two  thousand  dollars,  (2,000  00.) 

69  For  the  pay  of  officers  and  privales  of  the  army,  vol- 

70  unieers  and  militia,  and  for  quartermaster's  supplies  of  all 

71  kinds,  transportation  and  other  necessarij  expenses,  fifteen 

72  million  six  hundred  and  thirty-eight  thousand  and  forty- 

73  nine  dollars,  (15,638,049  00.) 

74  For  siipport  of  prisoners  of  war,  and  for  rent  of  neces- 


75  sary  guarcl-liouses,  &c.,  two    Imndrecl  thousand  dollars, 

76  (200,000  00.) 

77  For  bounty,  fifty  dollars  to  each  non- Commissioned  Offi- 

78  ce)\  musician  and  iirivaie  in  the  service  for  three  years,  or 

79  the  war,  three  million  dollars,  (3,000,000  00.) 

80  For  purchase  of  subsistence  stores  and  Commissary  pro- 

81  pcrty,  twenty-two  million,  live  hundred  and  ninety-eight 

82  thousand,    forty-one      dollars,    and     thirty-six     cenis, 

83  (22,o0S,0i:l   3G.) 

81  For  the  Ordnance  service,  in  all  its  branches,  two  mil- 

85  lion,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars,  (2,200,000  00.) 

80  For  the  Engineer  service,  two  hundred  thousand  dol* 

87  lars,^  (200,000  00.) 

^^  For  Medical  and  Hospital  supplies,  four  liundred  thou* 

89  sand  dollars,  (400,000  00.) 

90  For  pay  of  nurses  and  cooks,  other  than    enlisted  men, 

91  or  volunteers,  forty-eight  thousand  dollars,  (48,000  00.) 

92  For  services  of  Physicians,  to  be  employed  in  conjunc- 

93  flion  with  the  medical  staif  of  the    army,  thirty  thousand 

94  dollars,  (30,000  00.) 

95  For  the  establishment  and  support  oUnildary  hospitals^ 

96  fil'ty-nine  thousand  live  hundred  dollars,  (59,500  00.) 


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"97         For   compensation    of  Experts,  not  to  exceed  eight  in 

98  number,  to  be  employed  in  detecting  forgers  of  Treasu- 

99  ry  notes,  and   located    at   such    points,  and  paid  in  such 

100  proportion,  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may  direct, 

101  twelve  thousand  dolkirs,  (12,000  00.) 

102  For  travelling  and  otlizr  expenses  incidental  to  the  de- 

103  tection  of  persons   employed  in  piepariiig    and  passing 
101  forged     Treasury     notes,     thirteen     thousand     dollars, 

105  (13,000  00.) 

106  For  re-'pi.yment  to  the  ^tate  of  North   Carolina,  of  the 

107  excess  over  her  quota,  paid  into  the  Treasury,  on  account 

108  of  the  Wg^r  Tax,  provided  for   per  Act,  approved  April 

109  2d,  18G2,   one  hundred  and  eleven    thousand,  one  hun- 

110  dred  and    seventy-four    dollars    and    sixty-nine  cents, 

111  (111,174  G9.) 

112  To  make  advance  on  contracts  for  the  production  of  iron 

113  and  coal,  two  milhon  dollars,  (2,000,000  00.) 

114  To  erect   Winter-quarters    for  Officers  and   seamen  of 

115  the  Navy  at  Drewr3^'s    Bin  if,     eleven   thousand  dollars, 

116  (11,000  00.) 

117  To  erect  AYinter-quarters  for  the  marines  stationed  at 
lis  Drewry^s  Bluff,  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  (15,000  00.) 


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119  For  Ordnance  service  in  all  its  branches,  including  the 

120  purchase  of  Ordnance    and    Ordnance  stores  imported, 

121  four  million  dollars,  (4,000,000  00.) 

122  For  pay  of  Members  of  Congress  and  Officers  of  Con- 

123  gress,  thirty-five  thousand,  six  hundred    and  ninet}^  dol- 

124  lars,  (35,090  00.) 

125  For  contingent  and  telegraphic  expenses  of  the  Exec- 

126  utive     office,     two     thousand,    five    hundred     dollars, 

127  (2,500  00.) 

128  For  Engraving  and  printing  Treasury  notes,  bonds  and 

129  certificates   of  stock,  and  for    paper  for  the  same,  two 

130  hundred  and  ten  thousand  dollars,  (210,000  m%:) 

131  To  supply  the  deficiencies  in  the  Engineer  appropria- 

132  tions  for  engineering  purposes,  eight  hundred  thousand 

133  dollars,  (800,000  00.) 

134  To  pay  claims  upon  the  Confederate  Government  for 

135  vessels  seized  by  the   Xaval  and  Military  authorities  for 

136  the  use  of  the  Government,  ten  thousand,  two  hundred 

137  and  tliirty-seven  dollars  and  fifty  cents,  (10,237  50.) 

138  For  the  purchase  of  flour  for  the  Confedenite  States 

139  army,  six  million,  eight  hundred  and  twenty-three  thou- 

140  sand,  eight  hundred  dollars,  (6,823,800  00.) 


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141  The  Sccrotaiy  of  tlic  Treasury  is    lierohy  authorized, 

142  from  any  moneys  in  the  Treasury,  not  otherwise  appro- 

1 43  priated,  to  take  up  and  redeem  such    Treasury  notes  as 

144  may,  from  time  to  time,  be   called  in   for  the  purpose  of 

145  being  cancelled  ;  and  in  place    of  such   Treasury  notes, 

146  so  cancelled,  other  Treasury  notes,  to  the  same  amount 

147  maybe  issued. 


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